Placitas is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

[1] The community is along the western border of Hatch.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.143 square miles (0.37 km2), all land.

[1] It is zoned to Hatch Valley Public Schools.

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